Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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I don't care if people think I'm gay. I know I'm not, so it doesn't bother me.
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It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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For my Ph.D. thesis, I was measuring the electrical activity that triggers light emission from a bioluminescent dinoflagellate. As I was nearing the completion of my degree, my major professor wrote a grant for an instrument for measuring the color of very dim light flashes from bioluminescent animals.
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I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't complain about things, saying, 'There is no caravan here,' etc. For example, they could only arrange a tent on the location of 'Pareshanu Raa'. I understand the importance of money. I respect my work a lot. Not that I am the only one who works hard.
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I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
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I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
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Take the great example of the four-minute mile. One guy breaks it, then all of a sudden everyone breaks it. And they break it in such a short period of time that it can't be because they were training harder. It's purely that it was a psychological barrier, and someone had to show them that they could do it.
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In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.
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There's a preponderance of scientists and engineers among China's rulers. New President Xi Jinping was trained as a chemical engineer. His predecessor, Hu Jintao, earned a degree in hydraulic engineering. His predecessor, Jiang Zemin, held a degree in electrical engineering.
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I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures.
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Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.
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The dead know how to savor as the living never can.
